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Old 06-03-2011, 05:56 PM   #1
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Default in 1966 they saw the future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC5sbdvnvQM

Sort of like a pre-internet. The guy described email, ebay, paypal, webcams, flatscreen monitors, desktop computers.
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Old 06-03-2011, 06:14 PM   #2
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Love how he's shaking his head when the bill comes up
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Old 06-03-2011, 07:41 PM   #3
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All bills will be paid for by the husband.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fd8_gojNXc

I didn't see them say that all of this can be done on a handheld device.

You would need a tractor trailer to bring home your new computer system.

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Old 06-03-2011, 10:49 PM   #4
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Pretty amazing that all that science fiction is normal life today.

I'm going to start calling e-mail my "home post office."
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Old 06-04-2011, 09:58 PM   #5
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Is that real or made today to look retro?
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Old 06-04-2011, 11:38 PM   #6
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made today to look retro?
that's what I'm thinking
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Old 06-04-2011, 11:49 PM   #7
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damn if I know, but it looked cool. I can see them having thought of that stuff back then. All the gidgets and gadgets look liek they could be from that time period
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Hell, the original Star Trek had both iPads and Bluetooth headsets
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Hell, the original Star Trek had both iPads and Bluetooth headsets
and motorola razors

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Old 06-06-2011, 09:57 AM   #10
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and motorola razors

True, though in Star Trek they could actually get signal most of the time.
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